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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
illusions About Snakes.

Much OF the popular delus on concern
ing snakes is contrddicted by Mr. Rheim,
Of the Smithsonian Institution, The
enormous hQQpysnake, which takes its tail
in its mouth and rolls along like a hoop,
and the blow snake, the breath OF which
is deadly, exist only in the Imagination.
The idea that serpents sting with the
tonge is erroneous, An impress ion pre-
walls tha the number OF poisonous snakes
is great, but in North America there are
but three es-rattle-snake, the cop
per-head or moccasin, and the coral.
Snakes do not jump; they reach sudden
ly forward-perhaps half the length Of
their bodies,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
What Was the Holy Alliance ?

The holy alliance was entered into in
Paris, September, 1915, by the emperors
OF Russia and Austria and the king OF
Prussia. 1t was an attempt TO announce
principle OF government which it was
expected would secure justice and pros
perity and peace to Europe, 1t was con
sldered that the French revolution and
the supremacy of Napoleon |. was the
work OF men. The human laws be which
the state was governed were to be puri-
lied and inyigorated by divine power.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
Important New York Society Gossip.

Those who carry an empty tomato can
about the streets OF big city gathering
stale beer from the kegs standing on the
sidewalks were said, once upon atime, to
be working the growler.' But this
phrase went out of general use some
time ago in New York and carrying the
banner" was substituted ior it. Now
this phrase has been laid aside and it is
Chasing the duck that the experts in
the slang now use.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
Greatest Depth of the Ooean.

The greatest depth of the ocean ascer.
tanned by sounding is 81 miles 5,72O it.,
or 1920 fathomsl not quite equal to the
height of the highest known mountain,
Mount Everest, which measures 29,002
feet or 5! miles high. The average
depth between 80 degrees north and 60
degrees south, is nearly miles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25

HAsHED MUTToN.--Mince an onion and
fry it in butter to a brown color, add
tablespoonful of flour, stir well, pour in
enough stock or broth to make the sauce.
with dash of vinegar, pepper, salt and
spices fo taste, Let the whole get warm
by gentle simmering and keep it hot
till wanted for table. Serve.
ENTREE FOR ROAST Pork. Peel as
many potatoes as will cover the bottol.
OF big pie dish. Sprinkle hall a tea
spoonful dried sage over them. Cut am
onion in thin slices and spread them
over this. Add salt and pepper AMI
Jumps of butter Cover the bottom a,
the dish with water or milk, and bake il
in moderate oven.
Quick PUDDING.-One quart of milk,
two tablespooniuls OF Indian meal. onp.
half cup OF molasses and salt. Let 2.
milk come TO the boiling point, beat a,
eggs, meal, molassrs and salt top.rher
and stir in the boiling milk, then hi nj.
boil up once. This makes a good quiek
dessert,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
HOW'S
YOUR LIVER I?

Is the oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy liver. When the
liver is torpid the bowels
are sluggish and constipa-
ted, the food lies in the
stomach undigested, pois-
oning the blood; frequent
headache ensues; a feeling
of lassitude, dependency
and nervousness indicate
how the whole system is
deranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means Of restoring more
people to health and hap
piness by giving them a
healthy liver than any
agency known on earth.
1t acts with extraordi-
nary power and efficacy.
NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
AS general family remedy for dyspepsia, ,torpl
yer, constipatiOn,elc i hardly ever use a. ythin
lse, and have been disappointed In the effect pr
uced; II seems to be aln ost a perfect cure for a
lseases OF the stomach and bowels.
W. j. MCELRoY, Macon, Ca.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
BENNETT

is probably the most extravagant OF all.
He has not been in New York for some
years now, but there is no reason to be-
lieve that he has grown more economical
since he went abroad, even though his
newspaper has lost so much in circula-
ton. His household was run on the
most extravagant scale in every respect.
He paid man in one of the oyster
saloons to remain up all night in readi-
ness TO prepare oysters for him at any
time he might desire them. His order
to the but, her exceeded those of all the
other nabobs, and 1000 a month went
into the Golfers of Kelly, the butcher
from this source alone. His servants
lived on the fat OF the land, for his orders
Tor supplies were on such grand scale
that large portion of the food brought
into the house had to be thrown away
daily. While his father, who made the
fortune his son attempted to, but could
not dissipate, lived, the servants were
held in some sort OF check, but even then
they had pleasant time OF it. Every
morning this order came down for the
old man q breakfast, toast and tea Three
slices OF toast, stamped in artistic shapes
and pot of tea, would be sent up to
him, while the servants below dined on
porterhouse steak lamb chops, broiled
chicken, and other choice vlands.
- Washington Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
BIG BUTCHER s BILLS
The Meat Upon which Evarts, LoriiIard
and Bennett Feed.

Senator Evarts, according to his meat
man is very particular rs to the flesh he
eats. Although his face loo IS like
piece Of parch lent, and has no IN re
color in it, yet he in lulges in rrs s.,as5
and roast be me Is that contain tho
most llool. lie is very particular about
lhen also. His cook selects the meats
ten davs in advance oil the time it is
nted or the tlbe, AMI has it cut oil in
mis- presence. Th n Kelly puts it into
his ice hox, where it remains until it is
sent to the senator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
PIERRE LORRILLARD
.. a., ,

is one OF Kelly's best patrons, and one
who has stuck to him since he moved
uptown. His bill for meat alone when
he is at his town resi- ence soncti nes
reaches $500 a month, and averages 500.
1t would be impossible Tor any ia My to
spend that amount for meat even with a
house full ol guests but I.orillar,l, like
Bennett, is high liver, and aims TO Sc
cure delicacies for his guests that make
visit at his house much coveted privi-
legc. His orders are such sometimes,
that 1t is necessary to spoil large quanti-
ties of meat or fowl to get all the particu-
clar part he desires. Thus, for instance,
when he orders ten pounds of chicken
breast, great many chickens woull have
to be cut up to supply thit amount. lie
would OF course be charged Just as much
as though he had orderedth number OF
chickens. 1t is very profitable for the
butcher, undoubtedly inasmuch as he
can sell those parts of the chicken that
have not been used, and in tn It way get
double pay Tor the same article. When
it comes to orders OF like nature in re-
gard TO the more expensive game, as can
vas-back ducks, grouse, etc, the orders
amount to large sums.
Lorllard is hard customer to suit,
though, ior while he does not grumble at
the bills, he wants what he orders on
the moment and will not take any
excuses
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
Withaut Foundation.

Mrs. Mary Steele informs us that the
Rock Island Union was incorrect in stat
ing that divorce proceedings were pend
ing between her son Bert, employed in
Rock Island, and his wife, who was
killed in the Chatsworth railroad disas-
ter. In substantiatien of her statement,
she submits the following extract from a
letter written to her Aug. Goth, by VIM.
NJ. Randall, of Peoria, uncle of her
daughtersinlaw: II will say that no
proceedings for divorce were ever com
mepced, and have boarded IN the family
for the last five years and would be likely
to know. do not think Bert and Ida
ever had quarrel" In speaking of her
death, he continues: ut is sad ending
of what promised to be a bright future. y
In copying the Unions remarks in refer
ence to the matter. We took it for granted
that it knew whereof it spoke. We had
no personal knowledge of the matter one
way or another-Geneseo Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
ADVICE To uoTHEKS,

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send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
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teething. Its value is incalculabIe.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm ,
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world. Price % cents per bottle.
feb-2S -m-w-s- N 1-V
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

Much has been written and said about
how to make home happy. The moralisl
and the preacher have hackneyed this
theme until it would seem that nothing
more remained to be said But the phil
osOphers have gone far out of their way
to account for the prevalence of ill>as
sorted couples and unhappy homes, aud
have overlooked the chief cause Most
of the unhappiness of married life can be
traced directly to those functional de
rangementS to which women are subject
In nine cases out of ten the irritable, dis
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from some female complaint" A trial
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produce more domestic happiness than s
million sermons or philosophical treatises
1t cures all those peculi IT weaknesses anC
ailments incident to women. 1t is th,
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positive guarantee from the manufactur.
ers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded, SCI
guarantee printed on wrapper enclosing
| bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

Prof. Foster, the Burlington. Iowa,
weather prophet, elucldates on the con-
ditiOn of the future as follows: I'VE
are satisfied that 1887 is the last drouth
year for several years to come. We have
had two years of droutb, as predicted by
the writer, predictions based upon the
principles and data of planetary meteor
ology. Reasoning on tine same. basis of
principles we reached the conclusion
that next year and four or five succeeds
ing years will be of ordinary character as
to humidity in the Mississippi valley. and
pretty generally throughout the United
States, but with an increasing tendency
the eastern states.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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The pain suffered by those who are al
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
A Healthy Stomach

Is blessing for which thousands of our
dyspeptic countrymeu and women sigh
in vain, and to obtain which swallow
much medicine unavaiingly. For no
ailment-probably- there so many
alleged remedies as for dyspepsia. The
man of humbug is constantly glutted
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ly regulates the bowels, kidneys AM
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
Csiored Peoples Celebration

The colored citizens of Moline and
Rock Island are preparing for a celebra-
ton on Sylvan Island on the 22d of Sep
TENDER. in honor of the issuance by Presi-
dent Lincoln on Sept %, 1862, of the
proclamation which gave notice to the
Confederates to return to their allegiance,
emancipation being proclaimed as re-
suit which would follow their failure te
so return. The real Proclamation Of
Emancipation was the supplementary
document of Jan /, 1858 But the col
ored people prefer to celebrate the initia
document as that which grandly led VI
to the final one
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No Gilt,
lssned ont of the clerks office Of the circuit court
of Rock Island county, and state Of Illinois and
to me directed whereby am commanded to make
the amount of certain Judgment recently OBJ
tanned against James Cook, in favor OF j. c
Wright, out of the lands, tenements, goods
and chattels ef the said defendant, James Cook
have levied upon the following property
to-wt:
The northeast quarter of section thIrty-tiye (35
and the east one hundred and twenty Ci2Ol acres
of the southeast quarter of section twenty-siX
iafl all in iownship sixteen G6l, north range one
u west of the Fourth principal meridian, in the
county of Rock Island and state Of Illinois.
Therefore, according TO said command. | shat
expose for sale. at public auction, all the right
title and interest nf the above named jlme'
Cook in and To the above described property
on Thursday the LIST day of September, 1887, At
O'Clock p. m, at the north door of the residence
of the said james Cook in Rural township, in thu
| county of Rock Island and state OF Illinois
| for cash in hand, 10 satisfy said execution ant
| fee bill
Dated at Rock Island. this nth day of August
| A D., 1887 T. slLNlS,
sheriff of Rock Island County. Illinois
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
The Rock Islands New Lines.

The new official time table of the Chi
cago. Kansas and Nebraska raiway-the
extension of the Great Rock Island
Route is out The maps of the new
extensions of the Rock Island show that
the company will have 800 miles of road
bed prepared between August and De
cember 81, for they calculate to work all
through the month of December in that
country. The extensions Will include a
line from junction with the main line
fifteen miles west of Topeka, north
west through Manhattan and Clay
Center to Bellville. From Belviile
the Denver line will be built as far
west as PhIlipsbur, AN extension
of about 100 miles in length,
The branch from Harrington to A bilene
will be extended to Salina. and from
Pratt to Meade Center These extensions
are all under way, and contracts call for
completion by January 1, 1888 This
will round up the work for the year and
the company will then have in operation,
including the Kansas Pacific leased track
between Topeka and Kansas City. over
one thousand miles of track west of the
Missouri river all of which will have
been constructed within period Of
eighteen months.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
TITS SAD INDEED.
That MaIine's Bali Club should be SO
UnjustIy Treated by Rock Island.


How sad il is to think of what excuses
the Moline papers will resort to, in their
attempted explanation of the defeat of
their proud Browns by the Rock Island
nine. The Republican speaks of Wednes-
days game as an unequal contest" be-
cause the Rock Islands had an imported
battery and the MOlines h ad not. Who
started this thing of securing outside
skillg In the first game of the present
| series. Moline secured Cunningham and
Twineham, the battery, and 10 hnson the
second baseman of the Peoria club.
Learning this, Manager Munger engaged
the Newton battery-Stevens and TRULY.
The two mines came togeter and Rock Isl
aud came out on top. Had the score
been reversed we would have heard moth
inc about the importation of players. In
the next game Moline imported pitcher
| from Kewanee as the Rock Islands had
knocked the pet Cunningham out the trip
before. But the Rock Islands soon dem>
onstrated that the Kewanee beauty must
retire if Moline ever expe ted to get to
the bat. The next game Moline had the
Dubuque battery which had beaten Rock
Island the week before and Rock Island
played with its home nine, was defeated
with the assistance of the umpire, but
still there WIS no howl about Moline's
expert players. For the fourth game the
Rock Islands secured a battery from st.
| Louis: Moline had failed to make connec>
lions, and had nobody but local players
| They were defeated and now comes the
vail Here is what the Republican of
last evening says:
The spirit of rivalry which has entered
into these games for the championship of
the two cities, has prompted the Stars to
get the very best outside assistance pos
sdIe to command-it has long since
ceased to be II contest for superiority be,
tween hOme players Rock Island seems
determined to down Moline, if the
players can be found, and we say
right here, ii our base ball sports
allow this the Browns had better
disband for their efforts are not prop
erIy appreciated The Republican Is
convinced that in contest between local
players alone, with no outside batter
les imported, the Browns would win, they
have always been able to do it, because
they are the best nine of the two. But
as long as the Stars get outside players
the Browns must do the same. or expect
defeat. which will inevitably follow
The Browns went down there yesterday
without any battery, having a nine COM
posed entirely of Moline players, while
the Stars had McSweeney ard Fahey,
from the Prickley Ash club, st. Louis
The Browns made a mistake in not going
prepared We do not believe there wa
anv agreement between the managers o.
the two mines that outside players wer,
not to be used; If so, Manager Ullmarb
should have insisted on it being full
| filed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

Consumption, wasting diseases and
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from other preparations have been cured
by this. SCOTS Emulsion is perfectly
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who cannot tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
A Remedy IN Kidney Affection.

MY kidneys have been so affected |
have been compelled to get up as much
as ten times in one night. had pains
in my side, back and left shoulder, and
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unable to bend my body without great
pain. / tried Simmons Liver Regulator
and my condition has improved so much
that | hardly ever feel any of my old
trouble" W. johnson, Express agent,
Macon, Ga.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
county Building.

TIIANsFERS
24--Cornelius LyDde to Porter Skinner
lots 2 -, IS. II and IS. block 2, Lynde 5
addition, Rock Island, So, $50.
Nathan A. Boyer to William Boyer, eI
sw4, 10, IL, 2w, $1,000.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Aug, 10 Albert E. Tyler, Minneapolis,
Mum, Miss Carrie Gantert, Freeport,
III.
23-John c. Hauschiltd, Miss Emma
Carstens. Rock Island
24-Geo. w. Hitler, Rock Island, Mis-;
Hattie eraser Rock Island
Edward L Wooten. Davenport, and
Miss Anna Lawrence, Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
EXECUTRIX's NOTICE.


Estate of James Z. Mott Deceased
The undersigned. having been appointed Elk
ccufrix of the last will and testament of James
H. Mott late Of the county Of Rock Island
state Of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county court Of
Rock Island county. at the office OF the CLERK
Of said court, in the city of Rock Island, at the
October term on the First Monday in October
next. at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and requested tC
atten nd for the purpose of having the sameadj ust
ed. All persons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
Dated this 25th day OF July. A D., 1887
LILLIS |. MOTT, Executrix.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-26

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Mitchell & Lyude, bankers, Office in
post office block